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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Amanda hosts a press conference, how many hours have passed since Neil's disappearance?
(a) 22.
(b) 4.
(c) 15.
(d) 46.

2. How many months have passed since Neil Spencer's disappearance, according to Pete in Chapter 10?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. It is revealed in Chapter 21 by Neil's murderer that he had kept Neil for how many months before killing him?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

4. What is the last name of the Detective Inspector named Amanda, whose perspective is presented in Chapter 6?
(a) Barnett.
(b) Collins.
(c) Spencer.
(d) Beck.

5. What color jogging pants had Tony Smith been wearing when he disappeared?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of T-shirt is pulled up over Neil Spencer's face when his body is found in Tom's garage?

2. Which character cries as a result of Jake's warning about a certain entity taking the children in the classroom?

3. The predator featured in Chapter 1 watches Neil throw rocks at what type of object?

4. What does the predator whisper to Neil at the end of Chapter 1?

5. The predator whose perspective is provided in Chapter 1 hides behind what kinds of features as he tracks Neil?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the final line of Chapter 1 refer back to the novel's title and why?

2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Pete is a determined man.

3. For what reason has Tom worried about the trajectory of his career in the wake of Rebecca's death?

4. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 1 narrated and what is the setting?

5. What symbolism does Tom see within the name Featherbank?

6. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?

7. What development causes Pete to tell Amanda that there is likely a break in the Neil Spencer case coming up?

8. What event occurs at the end of Part Two that causes Tom to call the police?

9. The reader learns in Chapter 19 the reason behind Pete's divorce from his wife Sally. What was the reason?

10. How did Jake learn about the death of his mother, Rebecca?

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